The Aesthetics of Displays: How the Split Screen Remediates Other Media – Malte Hagener

Abstract: This article sketches a genealogy and typology of the split screen in mainstream film, identifying three distinct phases in the integration of this device since the 1950s, each relating to broader cultural shifts ushered in by media advances and transitions: telephone in the 1950s, television in the 1960s and 1970s, and the computer since … Continue reading The Aesthetics of Displays: How the Split Screen Remediates Other Media – Malte Hagener